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If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn.
Andrew Mason
Speaking of hard to grow … Hat tip to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for pointing out this video of the Beijing Olympic Gardens. Better quality stills here.
17-second clip of Biden taking Ashcroft to task at Senate torture hearings in 2004.
Biden’s son is due to deploy to Iraq.
Longer clip provides context. Biden kicks in ~4:30.
Some nice light last night, so I tried to shoot some plants that I’ve found hard to shoot. Like some humorous stories, with certain plants, you just have to be there.
Molinia ‘Skyracer’ (I think. Could be ‘Skywalker’.)
Close up of same.
Polygonum amplexicaule ‘Firetail’
Malva errrr Hibiscus moscheutos
Globe thistle (Echinops ritro)
Pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea?)
Just the usual pix from a quick Sunday walkaround …
I don’t normally go in for the ‘vignette’ shot. Mostly because I have a hard time filling the viewfinder with a medium-range subject without having something truly ugly or frightening intruding on the scene. But I looked up and saw this and it was almost garden-worthy.
Bee on globe thistle.
Pink Malva.
Yellow water lilly
And the same up close
Had the pleasure of attending the annual picnic and members-only plant sale of the Adirondack Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society. (I serve on the chapter’s board, edit the newsletter and handle other communications chores.)
Judy and Jim Fogel hosted the event at their home in Lansing, N.Y., a few miles north of Ithaca overlooking Cayuga Lake. (In the background below, as members engage in the feeding frenzy that is the plant sale.)
The Fogels have some beautiful borders, in addition to a great vegetable garden, water garden, containers, shrub border and just generally great landscaping that they’ve put in since the house was built circa 1997.
That’s Jim on the right, Judy with the cup. Small world department: Elly (my wife) delivered babies with Jim 25 years ago when she was a labor and delivery nurse.
The Fogel’s recently installed rock garden is still mostly rock. But it’s got a great view.
This flower in a container off their patio caught my eye. No clue what it is.
